Muurla

Muurla
Former municipality
Muurlan kunta Muurla kommun
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Salo
Merged with Salo	January 1, 2009
Government
• City manager	Mauri Hermunen
Area
• Total	83.16 km^2 (32.11 sq mi)
• Land	80.16 km^2 (30.95 sq mi)
• Water	3 km^2 (1 sq mi)
• Rank	404th
Population  (2003)
• Total	1,444
• Rank	387th
• Density	17/km^2 (45/sq mi)
	−0.6 % change
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languages	Finnish
Urbanisation	57.6%
Unemployment rate	8.5%
Website	http://www.muurla.fi/

Muurla (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmuːrlɑ]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on 1 January 2009.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,455 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 83.16 km² of which 3.00 km² is water. The population density was 18.15 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

External links

Media related to Muurla at Wikimedia Commons

• http://www.muurla.fi – Official website (in Finnish)

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